Diaper garment



Patented Dec. 2.3, 1947 UNITED STATE DIAPER GARMENT Rose Morby Romanowski and Stanley Romanowski, Newark, N. J.

Application March 14, 1944, Serial No. 526,391

1 Our invention' relates in general to protective types of garments for infants and vmore particularly contemplates a combination of a diaper and a shirt or other suspending means to which the diaper is separably attached.

` One object of the invention is to provide a garment of this character which shall embody novel and improved features of con-struction such that the diaper can be applied easily, quickly, securelir and snugly on an infant and can be connected tothe shirt, all without the necessity for turning of the infant during the operation and without the formation of objectionable folds or bunching of layers of the material.

Another object is to provide such a garment which shall include a novel construction and combination of a shirt and a diaper wherein the fastener elements for connecting the diaper to the shirt shall be located at the -sides of the garment so as to be easily accessible and so that the diaper shall be evenly suspended on the shirt and strains at the front and back of the shirt-shall be obviated.4 y

Other objects are to provide in a garment of the character described novel and improved means for separably connecting stockings to the diaper such as to prevent the baby from removing the stockings; to provide such a garment that shall be relatively simple and inexpensive and shall obviate the use of pins or other separate fastening devices, and to obtain advantages and results that will be brought out by the following description in conjunction with the accompanying drawing ln which Figure 1 is a front elevational view of a diaper garment embodying our invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the diaper unfolded and partially detached from the short.

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional View on the line 3--3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the shirt in open condition.

Figure 5 is a detached plan view of the diaper in unfolded condition and Figure 6 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view on the line 6--6 of Figure 1.

Specifically describing the invention, the diaper comprises an oblong rectangular body portion I of suitable moisture-absorbing fabric, preferably composed of a plurality of superposed plies stitched together along their margins as at 2. The body I is foldable approximately midway of its length along a transverse line as indicated at 3 to form two sections 4 and 5, one of which, in the present instance the section 4, forms the back 4 v claims. (ci. z -so) 2 and the other of which forms the front of the diaper when placed upon the body of an infant. When the body I is folded as described and as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, vthe side portions of the two sections are arranged in overlapping relation to each other, and the lapped portions have fastener elements to connect said portion-s of the diaper.

Preferably the fasteners are separable fasteners of the head and socket type, and one side of one section, in the present instance the section 5, has a plurality of head fastener elements 6 thereon along the free end portion, and at least one head fastener element 1 on each side portion intermediate the ends of the section. The other section has a plurality of socket fastener elements 8 complemental to the head elements 6 spaced along the free end portion ofthe section, and at least one socket element 9 which is complementai to one head element 1 and located on each side portion of the section intermediate lthe ends thereof. The socket elements B and head elements 6 facefrom opposite sides of the diaper body so that when the body is folded the side portions of the sections can be brought into overlapping relation and thehead elements can be secured to the corresponding socket elements. The fastener elements 6 and 8. when connected together serve to secure the garment around the waistof the wearer while the fastener elements 1 and 9 when fastened together form leg holes in addition to snugly securing the side portions of the garment sections together.

Cooperating with the diaper is a shirt or other suspending means III which is shown as comprising a main portion I to encircle the body and having its edges secured together by separable fasteners such as buttons I2 in the usual way to facilitate application and removal of the garment to and from the body of the infant. The lower dge portion of the shirt at its sides is forme with a plurality of perforations or holes I3, to cooperate with the fasteners at the end portions of the diaper sections. Preferably the edges of the perforations I3 are reenforced as by buttonhole stitching. The shirt also has two slits I4 each extending upwardly from the lower edge of the back of the shirt into whichthe upper end portions of the rear section 4 of the diaper may be inserted so that the side portions of said section may be located on the. inside of the shirt in juxtaposition to the side portions of the diaper section 5 which are arranged on the outside of the shirt, al1 as most clearly shown in Figure 3.

With this construction the upper edge portions of the back and front sections of tlie diaper can be located respectively inside and outsidel the shirt while the main portions of the upper edges of both of the sections may lie outside ythe shirt. With the diaper section so related to the shirt one head element 6 of the diaper may be inserted through each of the perforations I3 in the shirt and thence into the corresponding socket member 8, so that the diaper will be firmly attached to and suspended from the shirt at the side portions of the latter.

In applying the garment to the infant, the shirt first will be put on, after which the diaper may be spread out as shown in Figures 2 and 5 and the infant laid thereon. Then the front section 5 of the garment may be folded upwardly between the legs of the infant, and the fastener elements 6 will be secured to the complemental elements 8 through the perforations I3. Also, the elements 'I and 9 will be connected together to snugly secure the diaper around the legs of the infant. It will be seen that this operation can be accomplished without the necessity for turning the infant, and also the garment will be devoid of objectionable folds or bunching of layers of the material.

Another feature of the invention is the separable attachment of stockings to the diaper. As shown, each stocking l5 has a perforation I6 in one side thereof adjacent its top through which the fastener elements 'I and 9 may be connected. In applying the garment the edge portions of the back section 4 will be folded inwardly as shown in Figure 2, after which the corresponding stocking will be laid on the inturned portion with the corresponding socket member 9 exposed through the perforation I6. Then the head fastener element 1 corresponding to the socket ele ment 9 will be inserted through the perforation I6 and into the socket fastener element. This operation results in the connection of the overlapping side portions of the diaper together and the attachment of the stocking to the diaper.

While we have shown and described our invention as embodied in certain details of construction, it will be understood that this is primarily for illustrating the principles of the invention and that many modifications and changes may be made in the details of construction of the garment within the spirit and scope of the invention.

What we claim is:

1. A garment of the character described comprising a diaper including two sections, one to form the front and the. other to form the back of the diaper when placed upon the body, side portions of one being adapted to overlap side portions of the other, said lapped portions having fastener elements to connect together said portions of the diaper, and a shirt having perforations at its sides adjacent its lower edge through which certain of said fastener elements are inserted for separably connecting said diaper to said shirt, said shirt having slits extending upwardly from its lower` edge to receive the upper edge of one of said sections of the diaper and permit said side portions at the upper edges o1' said sections to be located respectively inside and outside of the shirt.

2. A garment of the character described comprising a diaper including two sections, one to form the front and the other to form the back of the diaper when placed upon the body, side portions of one being adapted to overlap side portions of the other, each said portion of one section having head elements of, separable fasteners therein that are complemental to socket fastener elements on the overlapping portion, and a shirt having peforations at its sides adjacent its lower edge through which portions of certain of and outside the shirt and to allow the upper edges of both said sections to lie outside said shirt and extend above the lower edge thereof.

3. A garment of the character described comprising a diaper including two sections, one to form the front and the other to form the back of the diaper when placed upon the body, side portions of one being adapted to overlap side portions of the other, said lapped portions having fastener elements to connect together said portions of the diaper, and a shirt having means at its sides adjacent its' lower edge cooperating with certain of said fastener elements for separably connecting said diaper to said shirt, and stockings each having its top arranged between said front and back section at one side of the diaper and having means cooperating with one of said fasteners at the corresponding side of the diaper for separably connecting the stockings to the diaper.

4. A garment of the character described comprising a diaper including'two sections, one to form the front and the other to form the back of the diaper when placed upon the body, side portions of one being adapted to overlap side portions of the other, each said portion of one section having head elements of separable fasteners therein that are complemental to socket fastener elements of the overlapping portion, and a shirt having perforations at its sides adjacent its lower edge through which portions of certain of said fasteners extend when their complemental elements are connected together, whereby to separably connect said diaper to said shirt, and stockings each having its top arranged between said front and back sections at each side of the diaper, each stocking having a perforation in one side thereof through which a portion of a certain one of said fasteners extends when its complemental elements are connected together.

ROSE MORBY ROMANOWSKI. STANLEY ROMANOWSKI.

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